proofreading style
The Funny Grammar Guide to Common Proofreading Slips
This week, the Funny Grammar Guide shows you all the slips to avoid making when proofreading your own work. We look at the most commonly missed errors and show you how to proofread so that you pick them up every time.
Common Proofreading Problems: Referencing Systems
In our new blog series on Common Proofreading Problems we explore some of the most frequently arising issues encountered by the professional proofreader and detail some of the best methods for overcoming them. In our first blog we look at the many issues surrounding referencing within a text, and the dilemmas a proofreader faces in deciding which is the right referencing method to use.
Top Proofreading Tips: House Style
One of the most important aspects of the job of proofreading is being able to fit in with a specific style or tone requested by the client. Like preserving the writer’s voice, it is important to be able to convey a sense of identity or a particular style requested by the client. Never is this a more important skill for the proofreader than in the case of house style, when it is extremely important to adhere to a specific set of guidelines set out for the style of a text produced by or on behalf of a specific group or organisation.
